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1/8/23
A resident of Cross Park Place faces charges that he threatened another resident with a knife.
Iowa City Police report 63-year-old Russel Weston was speaking to two other residents in the lobby of the Cross Park Avenue facility just after 5am Saturday when Weston became upset. He then reportedly walked across the lobby toward one of the two while opening a pocket knife that had been in a sheath on his belt. Police say Weston then began slashing the air in front of the woman while saying he was going to slash her throat and kill her.
The woman told a staff member to call the police. Both the alleged victim and the staff member say they believe Weston would have cut the woman if the police hadn’t been called.
Weston was arrested and charged with Assault While Displaying a Dangerous Weapon and 1st Degree Harassment. If convicted on both charges, he faces a maximum of four years in prison.